Verdun mayor won’t run again
Jean-François Parenteau, mayor of Verdun, is the first in the city to announce he won’t be running again this November. Says he’s weary of nasty personal attacks on social media.
Le Devoir drops one interesting bit of data at the end of their story: Parenteau has worked in the real estate business. But it doesn’t say he plans to return to it.
Wonder if we’ll see more than a few hats hung up after a year like this one.
denpanosekai 19:04 on 2021-03-15 Permalink
He’s been a pretty good mayor. He was very “hands-on” and replied to every one of my emails. We’ll all be pushing Sterling Downey to follow up 😉
MarcG 21:22 on 2021-03-15 Permalink
I look forward to watching him age gracefully in his Speedo on Verdun beach for years to come. The dude is weird, though, he made up a story about a kid being injured on a skatepark for political purposes. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/verdun-skateboarding-skatepark-injury-false-story-councillor-downey-borough-mayor-parenteau-1.3312435
Kate 15:44 on 2021-03-16 Permalink
I’d forgotten that incident, MarcG. That was odd.